Players are part of that team. However, they're aren't enough hours in the day for one person to do all that breaking down themselves, especially considering they have 29 other teams to be concerned with. I work in intelligence analysis. I know that the people have very limited scope responsibilites are extremely well-versed in their arena. The further up you go in the food chain, the less well-versed people are in specifics. Someone down low could know virtually everything about a certain faction of HAMAS. I guarantee you Condolezza Rice does not know as much about it.
I guarantee you she knows more about it than a slew of random people posting on an internet forum.
I guarantee you Phil Jackson looks at 5 minutes of game footage and sees dozens of things you don't. I also guarantee that he can look at that footage and explain EXACTLY what's going on in several orders of magnitude more detail than you can.
You never answered my question.
you've answered zero of mine.
If someone was so excellent at judging which players are better than others, why wouldn't they be involved in the front office instead of on the bench where their job is to maximize the talents they already have? Well, I'll tell you why: Their job doesn't revolve around judging players against each other, it's not why they're there. Their job revolves around using the players they have against the other teams players.
1. What makes you think Phil Jackson isn't involved in front office decisions? Phil's books, and numerous comments by management show that he certain is involved. Even the makeup of the team's players fit a "Phil Jackson mold".
2. He's the coach because he's awesome at it. One of the best ever. Logically, that doesn't have any bearing on whether or not he'd be good in the front office. Your logic fails.
It does not place a high priority in deciding who's better between Peja and SJax. Again, I don't doubt that Phil Jackson could sit down for a few days and crunch all the numbers and all the footage on two players- I doubt that he does.
Again, you clearly haven't done it.
PJ has a library of information of those two players you don't have. Given the importance of Peja to our championship aspirations (remember he played for the Kings) I'm sure he knows his game inside and out. Since he's drawn up numerous game plans against Steven Jackson I'm sure he knows his game inside and out too. Before every game featuring either player he's given the individual scouting reports.
It should go without saying that he's more apt to make that comparison on a moments notice than you are. Again, what can you say about Peja or Jackson that he doesn't know. You keep saying you're more qualified and you know more but you refuse to elaborate.
Enough about what you think he does or doesn't have or do. WHAT INFORMATION DO YOU HAVE that's so noteworthy.
Just provide some detailed analysis and show us what's up. Why is that so hard given the claims you've made?
Is John Salley an 'expert'? You continue to base your opinion on whatever person close the NBA agrees with you and ignore those that do not. You play the 'expert' card for some and not for others.
Why wouldn't he be given the time he spent with both guys, the hundreds of practice sessions spent with both guys, the hundreds of games playing with/against both guys, and his knowledge of the game that far exceeds your own. You're mistaking the funny-man character he plays on an entertainment show for lack of knowledge.
Besides, T-Mac is certainly an expert on the subject of T-Mac and you tried to trash his opinion too.For the record, you're misrepresenting my argument again in order to avoid the stupid comment you made. Believing Kobe was the best player in 2002-2003 is not ridiculous. Neither is believing Duncan was the best player. I don't think it's true. But it's certainly not ridiculous. Unlike you I didn't claim it was a ridiculous belief so I have no problem taking Pop's beliefs.
I made my own separate argument... which you used logistical gymnastics regarding defense vs offense to attack.
It's not like Jackson has ever been known as a good X's and O's guy anyway
Better than you or anyone on this forum. I bet he could answer the questions I posed and you can't.
I'm sure Alan Greenspan can balance your budget much more effectively than you can- that doesn't mean he actually does know more about your budget, because he has no motivation to. Just as Phil Jackson can probably give us a great rundown of Kobe versus LeBron but has to motivation to do so.
Greenspan doesn't recieve a detailed writeup about my budget twice a year. Phil Jackson does on Lebron. Greenspan doesn't review several hours of video on my spending habits and tendecies, Jackson does for Lebron. Greenspan has never created a gameplan specifically made to hinder my budget, Jackson has for Lebron's game. Greenspan doesn't have assistant coaches getting paid to watch and scout me as Jackson does for Lebron and the Cavs. Greenspan and I may never even be in the same building together much less meet and compete against each other (listening to his long ass book now though), Lebron and Phil Jackson well... they've been there and done that for 4 years now.
Do you not know my argument or you can't understand it? Which is it? Individual defense is not as important as individual offense in basketball. That's my view and minority or not, it doesn't make it wrong.... [some snipped logical bs]...If there's only two pieces of a pie, and they're not equal, they can't both be 50% of the total pie, can they? Hmmm. Get back to me when you finish your degree, maybe.
You know Kobe is elite at both, right?
"I'm sure they'll jump off the bandwagon. Then when we do get back on top, they're going to want to jump back on, and we're going to tell them there's no more room." - Kobe in March of 2005
OK.
